Parkstone From Constitution Hill 1904, Poole
Parkstone From Constitution Hill 1904, Poole Ref: 52782
Memories of Parkstone From Constitution Hill 1904, Poole
Be the first to add a memory of Parkstone From Constitution Hill 1904, Poole
Poole & local memories
Read and share memories of Poole and Dorset inspired by Frith photos.
Living on A Houseboat in Poole Harbour
My mother Elizabeth and my father, Graham Thomson, lived on a houseboat in Poole harbour during 1950 and 1951. I was a baby and they had to move to dry land when I became a toddler! My mother used to tell me how she used to hang nappies from the sail masts on deck. I don't remember much, apart from the clinking of sail masts which I still find very soothing. My mother and father used to go to have a bath at the public baths. They used to take me in a carry cot. I don't think the baths are there anymore. My father used to take people on boat trips around Brownsea Island. He was very lively and made everyone laugh. My mother used to say that he had a lovely speaking voice rather like John Mills. They used to go the The Shiprights Arms on a little rowing boat which sounded like great fun. What a shame it's no longer there. My father died... Read more
I Live Here!
This is not the Park Keeper's Lodge but home to my family! I'm not sure if it was the Park Keeper's house in the past but my family have lived there for the past 25 years. My Dad closes off the park every morning at around 6am to stop people parking there but it's not his job, just a part of living here! I was 14 when this picture was taken and loved living here. I went to Poole High and walked there every day. Being so close to town and the park was great growing up and I have many happy memories playing in the garden with my sisters.
Parkstone Girls' Grammar School
This was the entrance to Parkstone Girls' Grammar school where I went from 1956, with Miss Allen as headmistress, until we moved to the present site in Sopers Lane in, I think, 1960 or 61, when these buildings were taken over by Ashley Cross Secondary School. The carved doors in the centre of the front were featured on the cover of the school magazine. Behind the little door to the right, which I don't remember being open, was a cloakroom, and the big window to the right of the main doors I think was the staff room. By the side of the wall in shadow on the left was an alleyway which I remember had the cookery room to its right.
The school was a maze of passageways and stairs. It also incorporated in its grounds two old houses, The Oaks, which mostly housed the fifth form, and The Lawns where the sixth form had their common room.
At the top of St Peter's Rd, behind the... Read more
ASHLEYCROSS SCHOOL
THIS GRAND ENTRANCE, USED TO BE THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO ASHLEYCROSS GIRLS SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL. WE USED TO WEAR RED BERETS, RED JUMPERS AND RED STOCKINGS. THE WINDOW ON THE LOWER LEFT, WAS THE HEAD MISTRESSES ROOM (MISS ASHHURST) AT THE TIME WHEN I WENT. IF WE DID NOT WEAR OUR BERETS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL THEN IT WAS TO THAT ROOM WE WERE SENT. THE ROOM ABOVE IS WHERE WE DID NEEDLEWORK, WE LIKED THAT ROOM AS WE COULD SEE THE WORLD GOING BY OUTSIDE THE WINDOW. IT WAS A GOOD SCHOOL AND I ENJOYED MY TIME THERE. WE PLAYED NETBALL AND WE HAD TO WALK TO A SPORTS FIELD IN NORTH RD TO PLAY HOCKEY AND OTHER GAMES. INSIDE THE SCHOOL HALL WE HAD OUR MORNING ASSEMBLY AND INDOOR GAMES, CLIMBING ROPES AND FRAMES ETC AROUND THE HALL, JUMPING HORSES, PLAYING PIRATES WHERE YOU WERE CHASED AND WHEN CAUGHT WERE OUT, NOT MY FAVOURITE THING. THE MAIN SCHOOL WAS DEMOLISHED AND HOUSES ARE NOW IN IT'S PLACE, BUT THE... Read more
Poole Lifting Bridge
For anyone who has lived in and around Poole the Hamworthy Lifting bridge provokes memories. In 1991 I met my first wife who was from "The other side" of the bridge and this necessitated regular trips to Hamworthy. The bridge lifts every hour, on the hour to let various boats through. The lift generally lasts about 15 minutes, although it can take longer. Therefore I would regularly find myself cursing my luck as I sat in a large traffic jam (particularly in Summer).
My Wonderful Childhood
My memories start when I started school at the age of five at Green Road primary school which was in the same road as I lived and my friend Margaret Marchbanks lived right next door to the school. My other good friends Marion and Grace Brimecome and Marion Byles also lived in the same street. I always remember Marion Byle's mum always singing at the top of her voice opposite us while she was in her kitchen, it always made me feel so happy. Marion and Grace's dad Pompey had a few cockle stalls on Poole Quay and when I was old enough he used to let me work on them with his daughters, I thought it was brilliant and he used to pay me for it too. Me and my brothers used to dig for cockles and sell them tohim for 10 shillings a bucket. Oh happy days.
